The Office of Student
Life at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will host a free concert featuring the
bands Bowling For Soup and Blue
October on Thursday, March 25, on the UTD campus.

Texas natives Bowling
For Soup currently
are touring the United States and will embark on a Japanese tour in May. In 2003,
the band's single, “The Girl All the Bad Guys Want,” was nominated for a Grammy Award
in the “ Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” category. In addition
to its three studio albums on the Jive Records label, Bowling For Soup has
contributed to soundtracks for the movies “Crossroads,” “The New Guy” and the upcoming
Wes Craven horror film “Cursed.”

Blue October's single, “Calling
You,” is featured on the soundtrack for the movie “American Wedding.” The band's newest album, “History
for Sale,” was released by Universal Records in 2003. The band currently is on tour in Texas
and the Midwest.

The concert is free and will be held
in the Student Activity Center. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with performances by local
bands beginning at 7 p.m. Blue October will take the stage at 8:30 p.m., followed
by Bowling For Soup at 10 p.m. For more information, please call (972) 883-6438
or e-mail suaab@utdallas.edu .